Growth’s Compost

Like climbing vines of another kind
Fathers beget sons beget fathers
Nature's duality of passage
Fraternal lianas reaching skyward
Winged youth spreading birth downward

Through darkness imbued by maternal tears
Amidst light sometimes never seen
Foretelling comfort of aging limbs
Reason survives

What breath we share
What honesty Growth’s compost provides
Even as recycling the twists and turns of pain
Carves indelible etchings
Worn as scars indelible

Ever mindful
Survival reminds us

Overcoming obstacles is life’s purpose

Efforts to understand growth as the precursor
To wisdom's learned satisfaction

Leads to celebration…

earned